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In 2006, a generic antinausea drug named ondansetron was approved. It is used to stop nausea and vomiting associated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.